How do the wretched marketing people do it??!!

[Mad Doug Biker]

'BWWWWWWWWW!! (Ships horn)

Congratulations! You have just won an all expenses paid luxury cruise of a lifetime around the Mediterranean onboard the Costa Concordia!'

Now THAT might be remotely interesting

Seriously though, someone must fall for these things, but who?!


My Mum keeps getting calls for a 'Research Company' and has said no to doing the questionaire quite a lot of times. She even tells them to take her name off the list, but they never do of course

 

[Smurfy]

I thought so too, but I have just discovered that there is a loophole big enough to drive a coach and horses through - registering with the TPS does not cover 'Market Research' calls! I'm getting hassled by one such 'market research' company.

So all a company needs to do is to phone you and ask if you are the kind of person who would like to be offered great deals on double glazing, like the one that 123-Double-Glaze-Me are offering in their special February promotion which gives 20% off 4 or more windows, and if you are then do you think you would call 0800-1234567 to take them up on such a brilliant offer, only available for the next 3 days?

When I get this kind of call I ask if they'd be interested in buying some of my double glazing. Sometimes they have a sense of humour failure when I do that, but at least I get some amusement from their interuption of my time.

 

[ColinJ]

And now I've just had one of the buggers knocking on my door - there's no escape! I reckon that there are more people selling double glazing in the UK than there are windows!

 

[yello]

Ah, how timely! I received one this morning (and I'm on the French equivalent of MPS) and the lady from the association of something-or-other asked me if I had some time to answer questions about frozen foods (yep, for real, whatever next). In my bestest and politest French I answered....

"Non".... and said nothing else. Silence. And I didn't hang up. I waited....

"Ok, merci messieur, au revoir" said the lady then line went dead.

I have to say, I really enjoyed that

 

[Maz]

I kid you not...A few years back, a door-to-door salesman knocked on the door, selling window stickers with a 'No Entry' sign along with the text "Door-to-Door Sales? No Thanks."

Talk about doing yourself out of a job.

 

[yello]

Or ideal marketing tool?

He'd know where not to waste his time!